Probably don’t need to tell you much about this story. The miserly Scrooge is rude to his nephew and an employee and gets visited by the ghost of his former business partner. But you know what’s happening, so it won’t keep you awake.
We pick up with the horse telling his own life story, it’s charming, sometimes funny, a little weird, but ultimately kind of boring.
The march girls try find some joy in their financial struggles and attend a ball. We learn about the personalities of the sisters and what the older girls do to help their family make ends meet.
Sometimes our first impressions of someone are the one’s we must trust. Our protagonist is an insurance agent with sharp instincts that pay off with a mysteriojus new visitor. But will the mystery be solved by the time you’re asleep? Probably not.
We return to the country manor of Deephaven and learn about some more of the locals. A chatty older lady may be interesting for our protagonists, but you won’t really follow because you’ll be catching Z’s.